The retirement of William Eltiste, Adviser to the Arab Development Department, on December 1 removes one of Aramco's best known early pioneers from the Middle Eastern scene, after thirty-one years of service with Socal and Aramco.

This issue of Al-Ayyam Al-Jamila more than any prepared thus far, takes on the appearance of a college yearbook, - the "annual" which contains the graduates' pictures, their campus affiliations, and sometimes predictions as to their future.